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On this day in 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his "I Have
a Dream" speech at a civil rights rally in Washington, D.C. where
more than 200,000 people attended.

It was on this day in 1968.

Emmett Till was a 14-year-old African-American who was lynched in Mississippi after offending a white woman in a grocery store on this
day in 1955.

Emmett Louis Till  (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955)

A divorce decree was issued for Britain’s Prince Charles
and Princess Diana on this day in 1996. This made the
end of the couples 15-year marriage official.

The International Rose Test Garden is a rose garden in Washington Park in Portland, Oregon. There are over 7,000 rose plants of approximately 550
varieties. The roses bloom from April through October.

In 1917 a group of Portland nurserymen came up with the idea for a rose
test garden. Portland had a group of volunteers and 20 miles of rose
bordered streets left from the 1905 Lewis & Clark Exposition, and was
already dubbed "The City of Roses".  Between Portland Parks & Recreation
and the American Rose Society, the garden idea soon became a reality.
 
 

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It erupted on this day in 1883.

    
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
    
    
   
The first oil well was successfully drilled in the U.S. by Colonel Edwin
L. Drake (right) near Titusville, PA. on this day in 1859. 

On this day in 1979

Brian Samuel Epstein (September 19, 1934 – August 27, 1967)   

Epstein died of an overdose of Carbitral, a form of barbiturate or sleeping pill,
while in his locked bedroom. It was later revealed alcohol was also found in
his system. His was discovered unresponsive by police who had been called
by his housekeeper.     
     
     
    

Manager Brian Epstein (center) with the Beatles.

The first Edsel made by the Ford Motor Company rolled of the
assembly line at the Somerville, Massachusetts Assembly Plant
on this day in 1957. More than 2/3 of all Edsel’s were assembled
at the Louisville plant, which is still in operation by the Ford
Motor Company today. The Edsel was first introduced to the
the public amid considerable publicity on "E Day"—September
4, 1957.